At 8:30, staff from other exhibitors began to enter and prepare.
"Director Jiang, my stomach hurts, I need to go to the restroom," Li Zhaodi said, clutching her stomach as she asked Jiang Zhiwei for leave.
Jiang Zhiwei frowned. Although she was unhappy with Li Zhaodi always making excuses to pee or poop whenever it was time to work, she didn't say much because she found the person easy to use. "Go ahead, and remember to come back early."
"Okay, Director Jiang."
After receiving permission, Li Zhaodi left the exhibition booth, clutching her stomach. She went to the public restroom first, and came out shortly after, then began to wander around.
After looking around and figuring out that he had done most of what he needed to do at the booth, he slowly started to walk back.
Passing by Yu Yao's booth, I noticed a crowd gathered around it.
She narrowed her eyes, walked over, and stood on tiptoe to see what Yu Yao and the others were up to.
Yu Yao and her team's booth had been rearranged at some point, with an iron pot added in front of it and a small pile of coal in a bag next to it.
Judging from this setup, they're going to cook at the booth.
She patted the person next to her and said, "Comrade, do you know what they're doing?"
"I heard they're planning to set up a pot and make canned beef on the spot."
"What? Now you're making canned beef!"
Li Zhaodi was anxious. The Coconut Grove brand canned goods tasted so good and were very popular in Guangdong Province when they were first launched. If she really made them on the spot, the foreign businessmen would definitely be snatched up.
In this way, the study exchange opportunity that Director Jiang promised her would simply slip away.
No, we must stop them.
Li Zhaodi rushed back to the booth in a panic, "Director Jiang, something bad has happened!"
"What's all the commotion about? What happened?"
"Director Jiang, Yu Yao and her team set up a big pot at their booth. I heard they're going to make canned beef on the spot. The Coconut Grove brand canned beef smells so good, our customers will definitely be snapped up."
Jiang Zhiwei was startled at first, then breathed a sigh of relief, "What's the rush? Our sales are now twice that of Yu Yao and her team. They can't possibly beat us."
That's what they say, but there's still so much time, it's hard to say whether Yu Yao will eventually surpass her.
"But……"
Li Zhaodi was about to say something when Jiang Zhiwei interrupted her: "No buts. Do you think foreign businessmen are all pushovers? What haven't foreigners eaten? Why would they be interested in Yu Yao's canned food?"
“I admit that Yu Yao’s canned goods are indeed popular in Guangdong Province, but do foreign businessmen buy our canned goods because they can’t make them themselves? They’re buying them because they’re cheap.”
"With so many canned goods in the canned goods pavilion, which factory doesn't have its own flagship product? Foreign buyers have plenty of choices. Who would go to such a remote place to buy her canned goods?"
But doing nothing was not Jiang Zhiwei's style, so she paused and looked around.
The other workers quickly lowered their heads and went about their business, no longer daring to eavesdrop.
Jiang Zhiwei leaned close to Li Zhaodi and whispered a few words. Li Zhaodi nodded repeatedly and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, Director Jiang, I'll go and report this to the organizing committee right away."
"Go."
Li Zhaodi was about to say something when her expression suddenly changed. "Director Jiang, Tao Xueying and the others are here."
Tao Xueying, Yin Susu, and another comrade came to the booth next to Jiang Zhiwei and the others to prepare.
The squad leader said they would take a two-pronged approach.
We can't give up this free booth; we'll sell as much as we can.
At 9 o'clock sharp, the merchants began to enter the venue.
Upon entering the venue, one is immediately greeted by an enticing fragrance that is refreshing and invigorating.
This was the first time they had smelled such a rich fragrance at the Canton Fair, and they all asked the staff accompanying them about it with curiosity.
"Comrade, where is this delicious smell coming from? Is it a chef from China cooking?"
The staff member in charge of reception was Xiao Zhou. He smiled and said, "What the guests said is not wrong, but it's not Chinese chefs cooking. There's a cannery in the venue cooking the canned food on site."
Foreign businessmen in the vicinity cast curious glances when they heard that canned goods were being made on site.
"We've attended several exhibitions, and this is the first time we've heard of canned food being made on-site. It's interesting."
"If I'm not mistaken, they're making canned beef. The sauce is so delicious. It would be absolutely amazing with a bowl of miso soup."
The speaker was a Japanese guest who was visiting China for the first time to attend the Canton Fair, specifically to find delicious Chinese canned goods.
Xiao Zhou smiled and said, "Since you merchants are so interested, why don't I accompany you to take a look?"
"Very good."
“That’s great, Zhou.”
"Please follow me, everyone."
Xiao Zhou was very familiar with the entire canned food exhibition hall and knew where Yu Yao and her team were located. He quickly led seven or eight buyers to Yu Yao's booth.
"Comrade Yu, the people around me are all merchants who came to purchase canned goods this time. They are very interested in the on-site canning process. Comrade Yu, could you please introduce it to us?"
Comrade Yu gave Xiao Zhou a grateful look, put on her mask, and said with a smile in fluent English, "Hello, distinguished guests, I am Yu Yao, the foreman of Haixing Food Factory. The canned food I am making now is a very delicious and hygienic original flavor beef canned food from our factory."
"The beef we use is the same as the beef in canned goods; it's all from cattle slaughtered fresh that day, and every piece of beef is selected from the best-tasting part of the cow..."
Yu Yao's introduction compared the large pot of beef in front of her with the canned beef on display, explaining in detail the selection of raw materials, hygiene standards in the production process, and the taste and nutritional value of the canned beef.
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